Obama Is My Homeboy

Barack Obama is too inexperienced. He's only popular because he's the "cool" candidate. MTV and Oprah endorse him; that's why he's got all the young people voting. Jeez young people are just sooo uninformed and Barack is just waaayy too naive about changing the way things are done in Washington.

So I agree with some of the above statements. Young people are often uninformed. And yes they are easily influenced by celebrity endorsements. Why else would Huckabee want to associate himself with Chuck Norris?

Barack Obama is also very young and less experienced in politics than the other candidates. He uses this to his advantage but it does have some serious draw backs.I understand that I shouldn't jump on the bandwagon just for the sake of it.

I'm also a registered Republican. I am very moderate and tend to lean more to the liberal side in social affairs and more to the conservative side for economic affairs. But in fear of abandonment from my father, I registered Republican. Even still, many of Barack Obama's views and solutions seem questionable to me and I wonder if he's being too hopeful.
But then I hear him on T.V. or on an Internet video and I can't help but love him. He makes me laugh, he does appeal to a younger audience, and best of all he seems like he's talking to me. I fell like I could hang out with him on the weekend and he could make me understand all the inner workings of something almost foreign to me...like the stock market (I'm a total stock market idiot). He just has that quality. I also read his book this summer which made me appreciate him as a person who has experienced personal struggle and yet has come to a point where he is confident in the person he has become and I respect self awareness, especially from an African American candidate.

But I try my best to resist the charm and I tell myself to check out the other candidates, especially since I can't vote for Obama in the primaries. I read the other candidates websites, even watched their YouTube debates. Yet no one else gives me the feeling of such authenticity.
So I have finally come to accept that yes, despite all the surrounding hype, despite my inability to cast a vote for him in the primaries, Barack Obama is my homeboy. And yes I will probably buy the t-shirt, just like thousands of other students.